Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Philip Marlowe
Robert Mitchum
Mrs. Grayle
Charlotte Rampling
Nulty
John Ireland
Mrs. Florian
Sylvia Miles
Brunette
Anthony Zerbe
Billy Rolfe
Harry Dean Stanton
Moose Malloy
Jack O'Halloran
Nick
Joe Spinell
Jonnie
Sylvester Stallone
Amthor
Kate Murtagh
Marriott
John O'Leary
Tommy Ray
Walter McGinn
Cowboy
Burton Gilliam
Mr. Grayle
Jim Thompson
Georgie
Jimmy Archer
Roy
Ted Gehring
Commissioner
Logan Ramsey
Woman
Margie Hall
Louis Levine
Jack Bernardi
Patron in Pool Hall
Bennett Ohta
Fence
Jerry Fujikawa
1st Detective
Richard Kennedy
2nd Detective
John O'Neil
3rd Detective
Mark Allen
Mulatto Child
Andrew Harris
Hotel Clerk
Napoleon Whiting
Butler
John Eames
Doris
Cheryl Smith
Man #1
Stu Gilliam
Man #2
Roosevelt Pratt
Bouncer
Dino Washington
Bartender
Harry Caesar
Hood
Bill Gentry
Waiter
Cory B. Shiozaki
Girl
Noelle North
Father
Wally K. Berns
Mother
Lola Mason
Woman in Ballroom
Joan Shawlee
Singer
Eddra Gale
Prostitute
Karen Gaston
Counterman (uncredited)
Don Ames
Maitre D' (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Ghetto Bar Piano Player (uncredited)
Elliott Carpenter
Hood (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
Prostitute (uncredited)
Olivia Enke
Man (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Prostitute (uncredited)
Su Ling
Ballroom Guest (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Hood (uncredited)
George Simmons
Prostitute (uncredited)
Susan Stewart